Areca 1220 - RAID 5 building question

[Zefram0911]

Let's say I have 6(SIX) 1 TB HDDs. 3 are Western Digitals and 3 are Seagates. Can I RAID 5 them together to make a 5TB partition? Or will there be problems?

Thanks!

 

[Blue Fox]

In theory, you should have no problems, however, WD drives are known to have issues with Areca RAID controllers. If you enabled the TLER fix, I don't foresee you having any problems, but that might not be the case.

 

[jtg1993]

On the WD's just enable TLER and you should be fine.

 

[Zefram0911]

I have the 1TB GP Western Digital drives... are those TLER enabled by default? Also, I can't find the utility to enable TREL. Any links would be appreciated.